photographic artist Riitta Päiväläinen address: Kymintie 38, 00560 Helsinki, Finland gsm: +358-(0)40-5632424 email: rpaiva@elisanet.fi C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E Born Maaninka,1969. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Member of The Union of Artist Photographers since 1998 Helsinki, FI EDUCATION 2002 Master of Arts, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI - Department of Photography 1998 Bachelor of Art, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI - Department of Photography SOLO SHOWS 2016 Gallery Camara Oscura, Madirid, Spain 2015 Yumiko Chiba Associates, Viewing Room, Tokyo, Japan 2014 Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2014 Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden 2014 Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden 2009 Skövde Art Museum with Pasi Välimaa, Sweden 2009 Gallery Confluence, solo exhibition, Nantes, France 2008/09 Kerava Art Museum, Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings with Ari Saarto, Kerava, Finland 2008 Gallery Camara Oscura, with Aino Kannisto, Madrid, Spain 2008 Kemi Art Museum, Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings with Ari Saarto, Kemi, Finland 2007/08 Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden 2007 National Museum of Szczecin, Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings, with Ari Saarto, Szczecin, Poland 2007 Jönköping Art Museum, Jönköping, Sweden 2006 Haninge Art Museum, Haninge, Sweden 2006 Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden 2005 Gallery Archifax, with Ari Saarto, Genoa, Italy 2004 Gallery Valo, Rovaniemi, Finland 2004 City Library of Jönköping, Jönköping, Sweden 2003 Gallery Dina4Projekte, München, Germany 2003 Gallery Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden 2003 Arktikum-centre, Rovaniemi, Finland 2002 Gallery Artina, Helsinki, Finland 2002 Gallery Romfeia, with Ari Saarto, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2001 The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, England 2001 Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland 2000 VB Photographic Centre, with Nanna Hänninen, Kuopio, Finland
SOLO SHOWS (continues) 2000 Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland 1999 Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland 1998 Gallery Zinc, Stockholm, Sweden GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2015 Ellas - Creadoras de los siglos XX Y XXI, CAC Vélez-Málaga Francisco Hernández, Vélez-Málaga, Spain 2013 Sensibility, group show, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2013 New Wave Finland - Contemporary Photography from the Helsinki School, ASF/ Scandinavia House, New York, USA 2012-13 7th Wave - Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI 2012 Helsinki Abstract, Gallery Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria 2011 Female View, FotoRaum, Wien, Austria 2011 Helsinki School, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland 2011 Within/Beyond Borders, European Investment Bank, Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece 2011 Alice in Wonderland, Logomo, Turku, Finland 2010-11 Suu kuin seitsemän leivän uuni, Adel Abidin, Pasi Eerik Karjula, Pentti Kaskipuro, Hilda Kozári, Riitta Päiväläinen, Vantaa Art Museum, FI 2010 The Helsinki School at Daegu Photo Biennale Korea, Daegu, Korea 2010 Highlighted - Contemporary Finnish photography from the collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Holland 2009 Regards croisés, Les oeuvres de la BEI à la BCEE, Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2008 XIII Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland 2007 6th Biennale de la Photographie Arficaine, curated group show, Mali, Africa 2007 Photo Finnish, The Helsinki School, Sternersen Art Museum, Oslo, Norway 2007 Helsinki School, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany 2006-07 Facing East: Contemporary Landscape Photography from Baltic Areas,Yard Gallery, Nottingham, England 2006 Vad är Fotografi? Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Borås, Sweden 2006 Kolme Tietä, Kuopio Art Museum, with Nanna Hänninen and Taina Kontio, Kuopio, Finland 2006 The Helsinki School, Finnish photography from the 21st century, Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium 2006 Facing East, Tullie House & Art Gallery, Carlisle, England 2006 Various Artists: The Helsinki School, Gallery Photology, Milan, Italy 2005 Helsinki School, The New Approach, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2005 Peinture Fraîche II: Jeune Création Finlandaise, Kerava Art Museum, Finland 2005 Personally, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 Under Your Skin, Gallery White Box, New York, USA 2005 30 by TaiK, Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland 2004 Gokann, 4th Triennial of the Finnish Artists Association, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland 2004 Facing East, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, England/ Impressions Gallery, York, England 2004 Peinture Fraîche: Jeune Création Finlandaise, Nanterre, France 2004 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Finnland, Salo Art Museum, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected, continues) 2003 Gokann, 4th Triennial of the Finnish Artists Association, Kyoto, Japan 2003 Summer, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland 2003 Ordinary everyday, Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa, Finland 2003 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Finnland, touring group exhibition, Germany 2002 Artstorm, touring group exhibition, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway 2000 Jatulintarha, finnish-brittish artists exhange 2000-2002, Finland, England 2000 Our Friends From The North, Hatfield, England 1999 Exhibition 99, The Association Gallery, London, England COMMISSIONS 2004 The City of Jönköping, Unwritten History, Memory, Landscape, Sweden WORKING ABROAD/ RESIDENCIES 2015 The Saari Residence, Kone Foundation, 2 months, Mietoinen, Finland 2013 Mustarinda, working residency, Kainuu, Finland 2004 Aomori, working period/ 3 months, Japan 2003 Jenny and Antti Wihuri Association/ Artist and working residency, Rovaniemi, 3 months, Finland 2002 Kökar, artist residency, Finland 2001 Seascale, Ravenglass, England (Jatulintarha-project) BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected) 2015 Booklet of Riitta Päiväläinen and Ari Saarto, Tracing the Forgotten, The Dismissed, The Painful/ The Song of the River, written by Kati Kivinen, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA in Helsinki, Tokyo, Japan/ Catalog ELLAS creadoras de los siglos XX Y XXI, Centro De Arte, Palacio Almundi, Spain 2014 STV (Sveriges Television, The Swedish public service broadcaster), Uutiset/ Yle TV1( Finland s national public service broadcaster), Strada/ Swedish Radio Västerbotten, interview by Kaarina Honkanen/ Helsingin Sanomat, 3.9.2014, Timo Valjakka, FI 2012 Catalog, The 7th Wave, Kunsthalle Helsinki/ The Art Museum of Lönnström/ South-Karelia Art Museum 2011 The Helsinki School - A Female View, ISBN 978-3-7757-3211-6, Hatje Cantz, German/ Beyond Borders, European Investment Bank, Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece 2011 Catalog, Alice in Wonderland, Finland 2010 Catalog, Daegu Photo Biennale 2010, tru(e)motion, The Helsinki School, pages 114-119, Daegu, Korea/ Interview: Suu kuin seitsemän leivän uuni by Jonni Roos, Finland/ Lapsus Magazine, pages 6-21, Issue #4/2010, Spain/ VIERAANA POHJOISEN VALOSSA, Forgotten, alternative stories, pages 98-103, ISBN 978-952-484-327-0, FI 2009 Artist book, RIITTA PÄIVÄLÄINEN - IMAGINARY MEETINGS, publisher Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, German/ Catalog, Regards Croisés, Les oevres de la BEI à la BCEE, Luxembourg, Luxembourg/ LAPIZ 248, page 91, Aino Kannisto y Riitta Päiväläinen, Juan José Santos, Laura F. Farhall, Madrid, Spain 2008 Keski-Uusimaa, 16.12.2008, Jouko Tuomas-Kettunen/ Helsingin Sanomat, 1.12.2008, Kaisa Heinänen,FI Next Level, Ice Riitta Päiväläinen, White Issue, ed.14/2008, pages 78-81, London, UK
2007 Issues in Curating, Liz Wells, 2007, UK/ Västerbottens Folkblad, 15.12.2007, Katarina Franck, SWE/Västerbottens Kuriren, 11.12.2007, Marit Strandberg, SWE/ Sveriges Radio Västerbotten, 2.12.2007 interview by Kaarina Honkanen, SWE/ Västerbottens Kuriren,24.11.2007, Anders Sjögren, SWE/ 2007 Västerbottens Folkblad, 24.11.2007, Lars Böhlin, SWE/ The Helsinki School, New Photography by TaiK, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7757-1888-2, GER/ Swedish Radio (www.sr.se), interview Peder Losten / Swedish Radio: SISU-radio, interview Pekka Ranta/ Jönköpings Posten, 26.1.2007, Ann-Kristin Losten, Jönköping, SWE 2006 Stockholms Fria Tidning, Niels Herbert, SWE/ Dagens Nyheter, 3x kritikerns val, 18.11, SWE/ Gefle Dagblad, Konstens nya kläder, 26.8, SWE/ Catalog RIITTA PÄIVÄLÄINEN - Imaginary Meeting, Structura, Camouflage, ISBN 952-92-073-X, text Hasse Persson/ 2006 LIVRAISON, nbr 2, Hidden Objects, 2006/2007, Stockholm, SWE/ Iisalmen Sanomat, 24.2.2006, Maija Puustinen, FI/ Savon Sanomat, 24.2.2006, Hannele Tikkinen, FI/ TAIDE/ART 2/06, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, FI 2005 RYUKO TSUSHIN, vol. 508, pages 149-154, Nippan Ips Co, Tokyo, JAP/ THE HELSINKI SCHOOL, Photography by TaiK, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 3-7757-1574-4, GER, pages 182-187, text Andrea Holzherr/ FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, nbr 2, 15.01.05, Ute Noll, pages 1, 7, GER 2004 HOTSHOE/ Fresh perspectives on contemporary photography, august-october 04 #132, Melissa DeWitt, pages 40-47, UK/ Jönköpings Posten, 8.10.2004, Yvonne Teiffel, SWE/ Catalog - PEINTURE FRAICHE, ISBN 2-9518850-1-6, Ambassade de Finlande, Institut finlandais, Paris, FRA/ Helsingin Sanomat, 13.3.2004, FI/ 2004 Kide, 1/2004, Rovaniemi, FI/ Lapin Kansa 17.1.2004, Seija Lappalainen, FI 2003 Catalog - VESTIGE SERIES ICE AND WIND - Hki, ISBN 952-91-5986-2, text Andreas Vowinckel/ EIKON- internationale Zeitschrift und medienkunst, # 43-44 (dec 03) Vestige, Katerina Cerny, GER/ Catalog - GOKANN, IV Triennale of Finnish Art, ISBN 952-9864-20-5/ ART- Das Kunstmagazin, Nr. 9, s. 21, GER / LANDSCAPE: PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIME AND PLACE, Ferdinand Protzman, USA/ FINNISH PHOTOGRAPHY 2003, Musta Taide -1/2003, FI/ Catalog - ZEITGENÖSSISCHE FOTOKUNST AUS FINNLAND, ISBN 3-8030-3306-3, text Andreas Vowinckel, pages: 44-46 (german), pages:159-161(english), Pages:100-105 (images), GER/ Helsingin Sanomat, 14.6.2003, Arja Maunuksela, FI/ Västerbottens Kuriren, 23.4.2003, Patrik Back, SWE 2002 Catalog - INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, pages 6-7, Plovdiv, BUL/ Helsingin Sanomat, Arja Maunuksela, FI/ TAIDE- ART magazine, 1/02, FI 2001 Jatulintarha CD-ROM, finnish-brittish artists exhange, publishers: Center for Creative Photography, Jyväskylä and Cumbria University, Institute of the Arts, Carlisle/ Newsquest, 11.5.2001, Adrian Mullen, UK 2000 Catalog - OUR FRIENDS FROM THE NORTH, University of Hertfordshire s Art and Design Gallery, text Kathy Kubicki, UK/ Kaleva,11.11.2000, Timo Jokelainen, FI/ Savon Sanomat, 13.1.2000, Seppo Roth, FI 1999 Catalog - EXHIBITION 99, The Association Gallery, UK/ Helsingin Sanomat, 28.10.1999, Arja Maunuksela, FI/ PHOTONEWS -photography magazine, 9/99, Denis Brudna, GER/ KAMERA- magazine, 9/99, article by Hannamari Purhonen, FI/ MUSTA TAIDE Finnish Photography 1998-1999 / CREATIVE CAMERA -magazine, feb-march 99, UK 1998 KUVA -magazine 4/98, portfolio, pages 21-25, FI/ Paris Photo, Newsletter, 23.11.1998, FRA/ Svenska Dagbladet, 7.3.1998, Eva Runefelt, SWE/ Catalog Zinc Gallery, SWE
MEMBERSHIPS 2001-04 Member of the board of The Union of Artist Photographers, FI 2000-01 Member of the co-operative colour printing laboratory VÄRINÄ, Helsinki,FI 1998- Member of The Union of Artist Photographers, Helsinki, FI AWARDS 2011 William Thuring prize of the Fine Arts Society of Finland, FI GRANTS 2015 Arts Promotion Centre Finland/ Arts Promotion Centre Finland (travel grant) 2014 Frame 2013 Frame/ National Council for Photograhic Art 2012 National 5 years working grant (Arts Promotion Centre Finland) 2011 National Culture Foundation 2010 National Culture Foundation 2009 Arts Council of Finland 2008 Arts Council of Finland (Quality Support for Publications of Photographic Art)/ Finnish Cultural Foundation 2008 FRAME 2007 Arts Council of Finland 2006 Arts Council of Finland 2005 National 3 years working grant/ Finnish Fund for Art Exchange 2004 National 1 year working grant, Niilo Helander Foundation/ FRAME 2003 Hasselblad Foundation/Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Recidence and Working Grant in Rovaniemi, FI/ National Grant/ Oskar Öflund Association/National Culture Foundation/ Finnish Fund for Art Exchange/ Finnish- Swedish Cultural Fund 2002 National 1 year working grant 2001 Finnfoto/ Oskar Öflund Association/ National 1/2 year working grant 2000 Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME)/ Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1999 Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME)/ Arts Council of Finland/ Finnfoto/ Alfred Kordelin Association/ Oskar Öflund Association/ University of Art and Design/ Arts Council of Finland 1998 Arts Council of Finland/ Finnish- Swedish Cultural Fund/ The City of Helsinki/ Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME)/ University of Art and Design
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS Kiasma, Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland Finnish State/ The State Art Council, Sweden Jönköping Art Museum, Sweden/ Kuopio Art Museum, Finland, Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland/ Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland The City of Jönköping, Sweden/ The City of Tampere, Finland, The City of Skellefteå, Sweden/ The City of Umeå, Sweden Balticgruppen Umeå, Sweden/ County Council of Västerbotten, Sweden, Kultur Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden/ Haninge Kunsthalle, Haninge, Sweden Edition Eklund, Sweden/ Uppsala Landsting, Sweden/ Apotekets Kunstförening, Sweden DZ-Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany, European Investment Bank in Luxemburg, Luxemburg, Collection olorvisual, Spain Private collections (Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey)